Kallakurichi Lok Sabha constituency

Kallakurichi
Kallakurichi
Lok Sabha constituency
	Kallakurichi constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Rishivandiyam; Sankarapuram; Kallakurichi; Gangavalli; Attur; Yercaud
Established	2009
Total electors	15,28,539
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Gautham Sigamani
Party	DMK
Elected year	2019 Election

Kallakurichi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 14. This constituency came into existence following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008.

Assembly segments

Kallakurichi Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Legislative Assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
78.	Rishivandiyam	None	Kallakurichi	DMK
79.	Sankarapuram	None		DMK
80.	Kallakurichi	SC		ADMK
81.	Gangavalli	SC	Salem	ADMK
82.	Attur	SC		ADMK
83.	Yercaud	ST		ADMK

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Members of Parliament

Year	Duration	Winner
4th	1967-71	M.Deiveekan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
5th	1971-75	M.Deiveekan
15th	2009-14	Adhi Sankar
16th	2014-19	K. Kamaraj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
17th	2019-incumbent	Pon. Gautham Sigamani^[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2019			60.22%
2014			48.65%
2009			42.67%
1971			52.79%
1967			52.81%

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election : Kallakurichi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Gautham Sigamani Pon	721,713	60.22%	31.96%
	DMDK	L. K. Sudhish	3,21,794	26.85%	11.88%
	Independent	M. Komugi Maniyan	50,179	4.19%
	NTK	S. Sharfudeen	30,246	2.52%
	MNM	H. Ganesh	14,587	1.22%
	NOTA	None of the above	11,576	0.97%	-0.03%
	Independent	B. Sumathi	10,045	0.84%
	Independent	V. Chandrasekaran	8,066	0.67%
Margin of victory			3,99,919	33.37%	12.98%
Turnout			11,98,423	78.81%	0.77%
Registered electors			15,28,938		8.24%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	11.57%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election : Kallakurichi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Kamaraj	533,383	48.65%
	DMK	R. Manimaran	3,09,876	28.26%	-14.41%
	DMDK	V. P. Eswaran	1,64,183	14.98%	-0.54%
	INC	R. Devadass	39,677	3.62%
	NOTA	None of the above	10,901	0.99%
	Independent	S. Madaiyan	7,314	0.67%
	Independent	M. P. Mannan	6,186	0.56%
	BSP	S. Sakthivel	5,929	0.54%	-0.17%
	Independent	M. Varadan	5,054	0.46%
Margin of victory			2,23,507	20.39%	7.64%
Turnout			10,96,340	78.41%	0.60%
Registered electors			14,12,499		27.67%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	5.98%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election : Kallakurichi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	Adhi Sankar	363,601	42.67%
	PMK	K. Dhanaraju	2,54,993	29.93%
	DMDK	L. K. Sudhish	1,32,223	15.52%
	KNMK	S. Ramesh	17,818	2.09%
	Independent	A. Arun Kennedi	13,216	1.55%
	Independent	T. Vijaya Rajendhar	8,211	0.96%
	Independent	G. Sivaraman	7,463	0.88%
	Independent	S. Sathish Babu	7,136	0.84%
	Independent	J. Selvaraju	7,012	0.82%
	BSP	K. Senthilkumar	6,030	0.71%
	Independent	T. Dhanaraj	5,789	0.68%
Margin of victory			1,08,608	12.75%
Turnout			8,52,073	77.28%
Registered electors			11,06,352
	DMK win (new seat)

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election : Kallakurichi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Devekan	207,721	52.79%	-0.01%
	INC(O)	K. Veerasamy	1,85,745	47.21%	1.66%
Margin of victory			21,976	5.59%	-1.67%
Turnout			3,93,466	72.40%	-3.23%
Registered electors			5,58,064		11.88%
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.01%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election : Kallakurichi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	M. Devekan	193,043	52.81%
	INC	K. Parthasarathy	1,66,520	45.55%
	Independent	M. Vajjiravel	6,000	1.64%
Margin of victory			26,523	7.26%
Turnout			3,65,563	75.63%
Registered electors			4,98,804
	DMK win (new seat)

References

↑ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
1 2 Ramakrishnan, T. (1 May 2009). "Beset with agrarian issues and poor development". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
↑ "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

"Statistical reports of Lok Sabha elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

External links

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[1] GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine

[hindu1-2] 1 2 Ramakrishnan, T. (1 May 2009). "Beset with agrarian issues and poor development". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2010.

[3] "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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